12 March 2021
This week’s spellings are based on words with Phase 3 sounds that we would like the children to practise (ure, ear and air).
chairs
hair
picture
sure
year
hear
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 19 March. When checking the spellings with your child, it is useful to put the word in a sentence so they understand its meaning. Look at the spelling activities guide on the website and in your child’s homework books for some ideas to practise these words. Making up silly sentences, using the words, would be a great way to practise spellings, handwriting and writing sentences!
05 March 2021
This week’s spellings are based on words with two syllables (like a ‘beat’ in a spoken word). By dividing words into syllables, this can help the children to try and write each syllable at a time. They should also be able to use their phonics knowledge to help to spell these words. The words are taken from the book Zog, by Julia Donaldson, which we will be reading in class next week.
zigzag
learning
hardest
dragon
golden
capture
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 12 March. When checking the spellings with your child, it is useful to put the word in a sentence so they understand its meaning. Look at the spelling activities guide on the website and in your child’s homework books for some ideas to practise these words. Making up silly sentences, using the words, would be a great way to practise spellings, handwriting and writing sentences!
11 December 2020
This week’s spellings are again based on tricky words where the children can’t always use their phonics knowledge to help them to spell the words.
Group 1 spellings (Based on the remaining tricky words in Phase 4)
come
little
one
when
out
what
Group 2 spellings (Based on the remaining tricky words in Phase 3)
was
my
you
they
all
are
04 December 2020
In class, we have two spelling groups. The children have been told their group and the homework/spelling sheet they bring home on a Friday matches the spellings they should be learning. If you want to clarify this with us, please email (carolinetaylor@spherefederation.org and jackiefreeman@spherefederation.org)
Group 1 (This week, the spellings are based on the tricky words in Phase 4)
said
have
like
some
were
there
Group 2 (This week, the spellings are based on the tricky words in Phase 3)
he
she
we
me
be
her
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 11 December. When checking the spellings with your child, it is useful to put the word in a sentence so they understand its meaning. Look at the spelling activities guide on the website and in your child’s homework books for some ideas to practise these words. Making up silly sentences, using the words, would be a great way to practise spellings, handwriting and writing sentences!
You might also want to practice the words by drawing word shapes around the words to show the ascenders (letters that stick up high) and descenders (letters that go below the line).
27 November 2020
Spellings
This week, the spellings are based on phonemes we have been learning in our phonics lessons (Phase 4).
sport
storm
burning
burst
growl
brown
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 04 December. When checking the spellings with your child, it is useful to put the word in a sentence so they understand its meaning. Look at the spelling activities guide on the website and in your child’s homework books for some ideas to practise these words. Making up silly sentences, using the words, would be a great way to practise spellings, handwriting and writing sentences!
You might also want to practice the words by drawing word shapes around the words to show the ascenders (letters that stick up high) and descenders (letters that go below the line).
20 November 2020
This week, the spellings are based on phonemes we have been learning in our phonics lessons.
spoons
blood
start
spark
tenth
sixth
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 27 November. When checking the spellings with your child, it is useful to put the word in a sentence so they understand its meaning. Look at the spelling activities guide on the website and in your child’s homework books for some ideas to practise these words. Making up silly sentences, using the words, would be a great way to practise spellings, handwriting and writing sentences!
13 November 2020
This week, the spellings are based on phonemes we have been learning in our phonics lessons.
brain
steep
flight
bright
toast
float
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 20 November. When learning the spellings with your child, it is useful to put the word in a sentence so they understand its meaning. Look at the spelling activities guide on the website and in your child’s homework books for some ideas to practise these words. Making up silly sentences, using the words, would be a great way to practise spellings, handwriting and writing sentences!
06 November 2020
This week, the spellings are based on phonemes we have been learning in our phonics lessons. This completes our learning of the Phase 3 phonemes. Next week in phonics, we will be starting Phase 4 learning.
down
join
year
hair
sure
summer
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 13 November. When checking the spellings with your child, it is useful to put the word in a sentence so they understand its meaning. Look at the spelling activities guide on the website and in your child’s homework books for some ideas to practise these words. Making up silly sentences, using the words, would be a great way to practise spellings, handwriting and writing sentences!
16 October 2020
This week, our spellings include some of the Phase 3 phonemes we have been learning in our phonics – ar, or, ur and ow.
March
dark
short
torch
down
burn
As there is a training day next Friday, the children will be tested on these words on Thursday 22 October.
When checking the spellings with your child, it is useful to put the word in a sentence so they understand its meaning. Look at the spelling activities guide on the website and in your child’s homework books for some ideas to practise these words. Making up silly sentences, using the words, would be a great way to practise spellings, handwriting and writing sentences!
09 October 2020
This week, the spellings are based on phonemes we have been learning in our phonics lessons.
song
rain
tree
night
coat
tooth
The children will be tested on these words next Friday 16 October. When checking the spellings with your child, it is useful to put the word in a sentence so they understand its meaning. Look at the spelling activities guide on the website and in your child’s homework books for some ideas to practise these words. Making up silly sentences, using the words, would be a great way to practise spellings, handwriting and writing sentences!
